gassed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /ɡæst/
Meanings
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In a gaseous state.
a gassed fluid
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(slang) Drunk; intoxicated by alcohol.
"Hey, Grady, how about hittin' for New York State?" suggested Wally.¶ "Sure!" agreed Ed enthusiastically. “Let's go over to Beer Can Boulevard and get gassed!"
1956, Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!:
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(slang) High; intoxicated by psychoactive drugs.
As you can see, I was pretty well gassed, and in that state I marched down to the nearest recruiting station and joined up so as to be close to the poor machines.
1962, Robert Sheckley, “How Lum Joined the Army”, in Journey Beyond Tomorrow:
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(slang) Exhausted
They looked gassed, panting, spent, given over
1994, Charles Edward Eaton, “The Blue Window”, in The Country of the Blue, →ISBN, page 71:
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(slang) Happy
Light the cannon crackers / I have a taste for the exploding hot; / Turn on the cool / Give me the sound of honey / In my ear— / Gentlemen / I am gassed!
1974 February 14, Frank Marshall Davis, “Duke Ellington”, in Black World, volume 23, number 4, page 23:
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(Multicultural-London-English) Excited
But don't get gassed cause you got the headline / You only got it cause I declined it
2016, “Scary”, performed by Stormzy:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most gassed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more gassed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
gassed out · ungassed · gassed up
Synonyms
stoned · gaseous (in a gaseous state) · out of gas (exhausted) · gasiform · high as a kite (intoxicated by psychoactive drugs)